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>> reluctant members of congress to vote on an attack from syria. we randall is now joined live from washington. >> reporter: reluctant is the key word. the "washington post" opinion keeping an official head count of yes and no vote. in the senate so far there's only 23 solid yes votes. an indication of the challenge the administration faces. >> reporter: the obamaed a pheup administration continues to make the case on a military strike on syria. joyce president biden addressing in the room. even some of the president's close allies are not rushing to

support his decision. >> i am busy doing my due diligence to decide how i will vote and and be.ing in the best interest of the united states to deter further use of the grim and reference of mass destruction both in syria -- >> law makers acknowledge that the shea dow of the iraq war when no weapons of mass destruction were found hangs over this decision. >> what i have tried to do is see those same problems this time and they are not. i think the intelligence is different. it is much better that sit proclauseer in the fact that these weapons were used. >> california senator says she will support a resolution authorizing use of force. some senators say there are other options.

this is is not a choice of doing nothing and doing a military strike. there are other ways to put pressure international on the assad regime to isolate him nap might be more effective that would not involve the use of military action. >> reporter: in a new strategy the white house launched a with web-site to counter act polls showing public opposition to a strike on syria. late today -- senate majority leader harry reed took steps tomorrow for a possible vote in the senate next week. >> thank you. we turn now to chemical weapons. gas has discussed the discussion over chemical weapons. a 1925 international agreement

defind as any toxic chemical that can cause death or sensory irritation. the first large scope happened in world war i when germany used chlorine and mustard gas in belgium. that. 40 nations signed it, iraq did not and in the 1980s, saddam hussein used nerve agents in the teheran/iraq war and in 1988, it kurd. in 1993, there was another attempt to ban and destroy all chemical weapons world wide. 189 countries signed that agreement but syria did not agree to the that ban. and, now now it is the scene of suspected chemical weapons attack on civilians. the u.s. says that attack killed more than 14r 00 people. joining me now is terra mall land. she's a srefrp fellow at the

national security program at the new america foundation. tera, well. >> good to see you. this. >> this is a tragic and sad discussion about chemical weapons. >> they have been around far long time as as have the prohibition on them which we saw the geneva protocol starting in 1925. >> let me start with syria. we had this resent attack. now we heard them say it was tkpas. there have been a number of questions of how many times they've used chemical weapons before? any light? >> there have been previous incidents in resent months. we have seen agencies. the recent events on the ground we have seen strong confirmation of intelligence agencies and reports coming in today. this came on the heels of the

obama administration showing all the evidence they had that this was use bid the regime itself. >> do were have a sense of how much chemical weapons they have in syria? >> syria is not for the chemical we on.'s convention. they did sign the geneva protocol. under international law they are still violating international law. the syrian, we don't know the exact amount but the down thraeus we believe have been stockpiling the weapons and producing these weapons including the gas used in the resent attacks that is the subject of all this controversy. >> people in the the united states have questioned whether or not if u.s. attacked syria, whether or not some of the rocket cans that hit damage in syria might activate chemical weapons. >> i think that's one of the things that the obama

administration is looking at. it's extremely difficult to hit and target chemical weapons facilities with stock paoeuls of gas or other source of nerve agents. if you hit with that with a surgical strike you run the risk of distributing the chemical agent to the ground area. i think that's why the administration agent has discuss on surgical strikes. not because they wouldn't like to go after the chemical weapons. not because the attack was drawn it's quite difficult tackcally to hit those actual sites. >> if assad puts those chemical weapons in control centers don't we run the risk of causing more problem? es. you're saying if he relocates. >> yes. >> we have good intelligence capabilities over syria so i would imagine they are monitoring if there's movements of those stockpiles. you raise a good point.

that's one of the things that the oboma administration and international community are picking their targets that they are not causing a greater chemicalle with any sort of hit. this is such a delicate situation and the debate goes on in this country. t*e ra, thank you very much. >> thanks a lot. the fear of another chemical weapons attack will inflew wednesday the way congress votes on a possible strike. i spoke with vermont senator and asked him how that was can effecting his thinking. there are a lot of problems in this world it' it is atr oh ocious. we have 40% of young black kids who don't have a job. right now they can't even do the simplest thing. now congress doesn't discuss massive unemployment.

growing gap between the rich and the poor. what do you think is happening? >> i have to say that i find it interesting. they have sought with an eye basic nutrition and meals on wheels program with citizens. who's going to pay nor law? are you going to ask the well thinwealthiest people? i don't know what it is. i don't know what it is. if it is that some people in the senate wants. regime change, that will be expensive. if we get dragged in to this thing in months or years to come, it could become very

expensive. there are children.ing thrown off and old people will not get nutrition. those are the people who will pay for this. >> if yo have you been talking r depletiotalking to ohyour colle? >> i think there are some republicans voting against it and voting for it and with the kepl democrats it will be the same. >> you're the independent here. can you tell us where you are leaning? >> well, i thinkty just told you some of my concerns. but, i do want -- i don't know what the final resolution will look like. i don't know know what amendments if any will pass to change the resolution. so, i can't give you a tp define opinion right now. i don't know what the resolution will look like. i can tell you that i have serious conditions. that's bernie sanders later

tonight. you will hear of the opposition trying to influence sanders and others like him in congress. oregon, idaho and washington all with heavy rain tonight bringing flash flood warnings in the pacific northwest with parts of central washington tonight and had wind gusts over 60 miles per hour it's right in the columbia basin of washington to the south. had a 79 miles per hour wind gust. we're looking at these showers as they're tracking up to the north and bringing intensely heavy rain. we are expecting anywhere from half an inch of rain up to three inches potentially for southwest washington. so, yes, we've get some flash flood concerns here and for the resent wildfires the burn areas easily we can have not only the flash flooding but mudslides or

landslides. a lot of warnings are going on here in the pacific northwest due to flooding but also the severe thunderstorms tracking up now towards canada to washington state. this isn't over yet. the rain is going to be wrapping around the area of low pressure as it moves on shore. so, we get a whole other round of rain overnight in to the morning hours of friday. so, we're going to keep the flash flood warnings in place in addition to watching for the pig concerns of how much rain is coming down especially in the cascade mountains. rapid river rises. we will have more details and where else you are seeing concerns about rain coming up next. wal-mart shroerp shoppers ae greeted by strikes and protest today. some walked off the job. >> the latest from edward snowden said there's information that should keep your information private.

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>> wal-mart workers are protesting today than what higher salaries, a minimum of $25,000 per year and also want wal-mart's undo the firing for 20 employees who were part of the june strike. wal-mart says it has done nothing wr-pbg and john has the story. >> wal wal-mart! >> reporter: chanting at the parking lot at valley street. $25,000 a year, better conditions and benefits and the reinstatement of workers let go for attending a similar wal-mart protest last year. elaine is one of the 20 workers

laid off. she says she's fighting for wal-mart associates who she says are afraid to speak up. >> reporter: why you have associates who don't have money for food, don't have money to put clothes on they kids backs and you are getting so many bonuses and you will not share that with your associates. >> reporter: at one point some of the protestors tried to march past the tpr-pbt door but security were on to them. >> they tried to walk over to the main entrance of the front store. >> people who exercise the control of the property are asking them to leave property. >> reporter: in a written statement, wal-mart says this group of dem stray stores primarily made up of union members and activists.

critics say protest like these are just whistleing in the wind. there are ten people who will jump. this any vacant wal-mart petition and the company knows. >> if enough workers say no and stand up they won't have no one to work for them. we want everyone to feel that they have a place to make their opinions and grievances and their rights known and that wall tphart can't trample over people. >> with low wage restaurant workers taking action, supporters say a movement of the low wage is gaining momentum in this country. >> we have steen protesting -- we have seen protestors in wal-mart it's critical that people see it in the context of it happening. >> barbara is one of the

protestors in new york and arrested while protesting outside the office of a company board member. welcome to you it' good to see you. >> thank you. >> you were in jail this afternoon. >> yes i was in jail. >> you just got out after couple hours in stkpwhraeul. >> yes. >> give us a sense of, you're -- why were you protesting? why were you willing to be arrest? ed. >> in june, associates from across the u.s., we went to bentonville to go on strike. we wanted to the home office to hear our concerns about things that were going on in our store. not only did the home office not listen to us but when we returned to our store they retaliated against us by firing some of us and disciplining others. so, since the home office is not looking oh to us we have reached out to the board members to try

to get them to hear our story and help us with deal with home office. they have also not listened oh to us. so we decided that we will go to christopher william's office who is a board member and try again today. try to get them to listen to us one more time and not take no for an answer. what happened? >> they called the police and they escorted us out. have you ever been arrested before? >> no. i have not. >> so what was this like? was it worth it? >> it was worst it. my employer is the largest retailer in the world. sam walton founded the company on family values. i think that the company has just strayed from that. and it's worth it to to go to jail in order to get my employer to realize that we have strayed from those values and get them back up.

>> you're supposed to go back to work tomorrow. what do you expect that will be like? just another day at the afs? >> it wil will probably be a lie interesting. a lot of my co-workers support me. they are afraid to speak out themselves. they think i'm crazy for speaking out but respect the fact that i do. >> this you be protest again? >> if that's what it takes. i would wish -- my wish is wal-mart would listen to us today and want to sit down and correct the problems in our storess. and reinstate the associate's they fired and take way the disciplinary action and talk about giving us a living wage. something that the associates can support themselves on. >> well, we will see what happens in the future. we appreciate you stopping by to talk with us tonight. thank you. >> well the national security agency has found ways to beat

the inkreupgs that's designed to protect the privacy of just about everything you do online and that's the latest revolution from the nsa leaker edward snowden. >> reporter: the u.s. cyber spy agency has cracked many of the codes that are meant the keep sensitive communication private. according to new documents released by edward snowden the nsa has invested billions in custom design super fast computers to break inkreuptd communications including banking transactions, consumer e-commerce, corporate trade see krerbgts medical records and other confidential informs. the agency forced technology forced to provide it with the keys to their inkreupgs program. so that it can decode billions of e-mails, internet chats and phone calls in the u.s. and

across the world. >> the 2010 briefing me mo brieo for the counterpart, the agency boasted of an aggressive multieffort to break widely used internet enncription technology. there's over 400 o 400 million s of g-mail. the documents have been shareed with the new york times, the guardian and the non- profit news organization. the re revelations. it has a new new fool showing half of americans are worried

about the information available about them online. 7 out of 10 believe laws and government policies are inadequate to protect their private data. >> if snowden rev hraugss about the nsa, i think that's focused a lot of attention on this and i think the polls shows that people are increasingly concerned. >> the nsa appears to believe its abouts are a card. in gio political rivalries with other countries. in the future one document super powers will made or broken based on the strength of their crypto-analytic programs. al jazeera. >> more surprises at the u.s. open. a rough day for the defending champion it was deja

vu for andy murray and not in a good way. he lost in the 2010 o 2010 u.s.. today not only close. mori had just 15. dominated your defending champion straight set. the 28e 28 28ed a-year-old adva. williams who had his helmet down had to be restrained with michael vike. keeper made headlines when he used a racial shraour at a concert. williams one of several players who had a major issue with that. they call him "money" far reason. floyd "money" may weather. you say may weather tkpapb added to the $$41.5 millions in this pay-per-view event breaking the previous record that's also held

of may weather of 32 million-dollars. >> while opposition fighters are on the ground in syria. their colleagues in washington are walking home on capitol hill. their goal convinced the united states the to get more deeply involved in their war. but, 16 years after the death of princess diana a movie is now stirring up a new controversy.

welcome back to al jazeera. president obama's plan for action is facing growing global opposition. economic plots at the g-20 summit in russia seemed to be swept aside. now all talks seem to be a missile strike. two russian destroyers and intelligence ship headed to the memetmediterranean have six shis there already. members of the syrian opposition groups are lobbying to congress this week but may be needing more resistance than su. port for a u.s. strike. with the -- syrians are fighting

an uphill battle. >> reporter: syrian opposition members on their way to meet a senior staffer from the house majority office. one of the many doors they're knocking on asking for u.s. military support. kevin mccarthy is the third ranking republican in the house and undecided on whether to support president obama's plan to take action in syria. after the meeting we caught up with a frustrated member of the syrian-american council. we have some work to do. how bad they are working in the united states and in the united states in general. and to see if some resistance are taking that strong acts. it's tough to hear. if opposition meets more resistance on the hill. as the group approaches them.

code pink says syria needs a political solution, not a military one. >> this situation is complicated now. there's too many members of al qaeda who have been in from all over world to join the opposition. many share that sentiment and putting presure on their representive. it's an extreme lady sraoers district. -- it's ep -- it's almost nears involved in a conflict that could escalate. that's something i have to weigh heavily. >> reporter: coalition members here thought their task would be to sway members of congress to the approve military action in syria. they say they're spending a lot more time just explaining who they are.

they're having t to distinguish themselves from al qaeda loyalists. >> extremists are a small portion of those on the ground. they are a problem to us as much as the regime is a problem to us. they are our enemies as much as the regime is an enemy. they are criminals. >> reporter: the opposition wants to arm the free syrian army but law makers say they don't want weapons falling in to the wrong hands. >> wear not looking for boot tons ground. we're looking for enough help to make this a fair fight and we are -- we believe that if it is a fair fight that we will prevail. >> they say their goal is democracy in syria and an end to the killing of their people. any strike on syrian force will help opposition fighters.

>> reporter: rebels linked to al qaeda pushing their way to new territory. tease are fighters from the front. they say they're in control here but it's not clear what they have elsewhere in the rebel city. the u.s. says it doesn't intent to support extremists but any military action which destabilizes the assad government is likely to favor the rebels. they are, at least in part, up by al qaeda. that's an incredible use of force in the united states and its allies having an effect already but will add to some of the defections here.

groups are breaking away forming new alliances. that's another challenge for the u.s. as it intends to gather support for military action. the groups leave tkpaps. igaps.al jazeera. u.s. senator john mccain has been heckleed while giving a speech about syria. he's been speaking at the town hall meeting in phoenix, arizona. the republican senator was interrupted as he told the crowd there we have no plans to send u.s. troops to syria. for the 2 million syrians who have fled their home because of the war, there's little to do

what wait. oh omar reports from the turkish/syrian border. >> reporter: it's been the greatest tragedy of the 21st century and said the to continue. over 20 family rao*eufsd here near the camp two weeks ago hoping to find a spot at an already overwhelmed turkish refugee e camp. they sleep, eat and wash in this the open field. they lost their homes in syria. now they say their human digty is gone too. some children here eat scraps oh of dry bread. many here are scared to talk. off camera some say they want the attack against their government. others are more cautious. >> translator: we want -- we are getting killed and displaced. we want the strike that doesn't kill civilians or hit targets by mistake. >> translator: i only ask god that we return to our home.

>> translator: only god will help us. no one else will. >> and despite the threat of a possible military strike, the number of people going in and out of syria is increasing. turkey is now home to almost half a million syrian refugees. >> the camp behind me has reached its limits with more than 32,000 refugees living in side. the people cannot get in and this has become their home. >> just across the road you find the camp, the conditions are better and families live inside. they are considered lucky to have found a shelter and the minimum to preserve their dig d. many here welcome the possible strike against syria but there's an extreme intense. >> translator: i'm not sure of the west will stand by us. i fear that the strike won't be aimed at the regime.

maybe they will strike the revolutionary and are regime fight as well. >> the final decision to launch a strike is up to the u.s. congress and president obama. far away from the -- its effect either can either end or worsen the plight of millions of syrians. al jazeera, on the turkish/syrian president. >> bashar al assad has been the president for 13 years now. there was a time that people say he was different man. he said the man we know now as the syrian president stumbled in to a position of leadership. >> before that he didn't care about anything in syria. he wasn't in politics. he was in medicine. so i saw hi more aggressive.

he was shy and put his hands on his mouth. he took a training courses for his body and his mind. this is totally changed him in person and even in his body. >> he's being called a thu tkp*, a murder, a monster. is that the guy you knew? >> no. he was not like that in '84. this started to emerge after taking that military class for one year and a half from 1994 to 1996 when he graduate in the army and then he started to be more at the end of 2002. this is the turning point where he start believing that he's chosen by god to save syria. no one is from the syrian history was competing with him in his government and the wisdom

so this is the problem that it's the end of 2002. >> some are saying he's being control canned by others in the syrian government. is that the person that you know? no. everybody agreed that he's not that one. he's totally changed. >> so you believe he's making the decisions? >> for sure. he's the only one that took the final decisions about all the decisions and about all th whatg on in syria. let's turn now to egypt. an egyptian minister has survived an assassination aaccept and now worrying about a new wave of terrorism in that country. we are not naming for security reasons reports from cairo. >> reporter: the explosion happened a -z the minister's convoy passed by damaging his vehicle and injuring four others

of his security staff. he did receive death threats earlier this week and had opinion given an armored car for increased protection. security forces say the bombs were placed in a car or motorbike. according to reports it was remotely designated. one man said he saw a car driving away just beforehand. >> translator: i saw three people walking by and one more from this street behind me. this all happened exactly 15 minutes before the interior minister passed through here. >> reporter: the attack took place as the minister was leading home in nasar city where the muslim brotherhood has strong support. thousands of supporters of the deposed president mohammed morsi have been in this district for six weeks until security force broke up the camp killing hundreds of people. the syrian muslim brotherhood leader and the so-called

anti-coalliance have condemned the attack. many of the minister's guards were injured. some of them were taken to this hospital. >> translator: some of the most serious injuries which is one person has a head injure and in acoma and in a very critical condition. other injuries is a woman that her leg is almost amputateed. another who is in the front of the leg is broken. the minister himself was unharmed and spoke as he arrived at his office two hours after the attack. >> translator: all i can do is thank god. it was violent sense. the forensic lab informed me that it was large bomb that was set off and they targeted the exact timing of my convoy passing through the street because all the explosion debris is directed at my car.

>> when asked if thursday's attack marks the start of a new wave of terrorism in egypt he replyed this is not the end but the beginning. so far nobody has claimed responsibility. al jazeera, cairo. pack in this country, we now know what caused a massive fire burning in yosemite national park. a hunt ter let an illegal fire get out of control. it has destroyed more than 370 square miles of forest and 111 structures. >> prisoners in california ended their hunger strike. they stopped eating on july 8th to protest against the state's use of sol tearry confinement which will now be the foe oh kus to public hearing. >> it has been 16 years since princess diane that was killed in a car crash but the people' princess seems to have never left the hearts and minds oh of

theired their admireres. >> reporter: it's clear that some people fail to ease the pain. the -- >> she was wonderful. she was something different. this week 16 years ago this whole area was flowers. 16 years a go was long time and for many people diana has fadeed in to this distance. to many others she hasn't. people remember her recently

because of her son william who's been in the news. people remember her as well. >> the nightmare, the princess died in such a violent way seems to haunt many people still. >> princesses do not die in late night car crashes caused by drunk driving. but diana did. so the most glamorous, the most came to a grizzly end. >> reporter: many people think it's inappropriate. first diana's life has decided to concentrate on a secret relationship she had with a pakistani surgeon. at a nearby cafe, think they it's entirely inappropriate for a woman who died by pursueed of popursueed.apursueed

paparazzi to have a film made about her private life. >> i'm sure generation after generation she will be there in the memory oh of the people. >> reporter. it's enjoyed by london families in the sunshine. since she was buried, a woman is known as the people's princess. lawrence lee, al jazeera, london. >> next up on al jazeera, a church group takes a new approach to ramping up religion.

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big night. tennis. football. what else? >> a big no. it's opening night in the nfl between your defending super bowl champion. now you had a lot of story lines for peyton manning and the broncos get your revenge tonight. they are despite losing some key players but mother nature stole the show. our mike is kicking it live at mile high and has more on that. >> michael? you know considering how the match up went the last three times these teams faced off in that play off game last year here at mile high. the revenge factors your mentioned was key far lot of people involved in this match up especially the fan they came unexpectly but the high reached 97 degrees here in deb in denve.

out of nowhere these thunderous storms popped up and once the game did resume, i should say once it started, it sort took some of the wind out of the fan's sails as it relates how they will be up for this game. for that point et's like the ravens were on the road, really. they took advantage of this situation. they jumped out to have the lead at the half but in the second half it's been peyton manning in the offense. they blocked the.on the next drive by the ravens and two more touchdown passes gave peyton manning five tds so far and lead it 35-17. the broncos did have one of the best defenses. they lost two offensive starters to two injurys to kobe jones when he was hit bay teammate the and an offensive tacklele mike the o ar orr went out of the gae

with a tackle. eight starters off that team gone are entering this season. >> and there's good news for raven's head coach? >> reporter: he got a new contract. you remember last year going in to the super bowl. a lot of talk of what would the ravens do with joe's contract. he has six years, $120 mill. he still had two years remaining on his deal. the last two years were wiped off replaced by four meals worth $7 million-dollars each year. only four coaches in the nfl make that money. reporting live from denver. five touchdowns. great for peyton manning. the philadelphia eagles might want to focus their attention on who they play on monday night instead of each other. during today's practice, fight. he started to be restrain bid

michael vic. cooper made headlines when he used a racial slur at a concert and williams one of several players who had a major issue with that. will u ups did not talk to the media but keeper and his teammates did. >> that's the place they come out. >> everything has been great. everything is completely 100%. they are both playing nfl football. both going to the ball got tangled up. he's a great player. >> all right. speaking of drama. the new york jets might want to change things up when they face their former teammates. you see rivas spent six years in new york before he got traded away. he knows all their dirty little

secrets. >> i got a bunch of tips. i got a bunch of tips on those guys. and the good thing about it is i have been sharing it with our secondary. it's almost like spilling a little bit. these what you got to do. the first is roger federer. today andy murray got bounced in the u.s. open. the 28-year-old who actually beat murray ta*uts open back in 2010 and today it was deja vu. wasn't even close.

he was drawing in 6-4 and his first grand sthrapl tpe s* slam. it's on his ma -fp in four sets over mikahail. >> in florida, a new type of ministry is ramping up. skate parks for young christians. these skate ministrys are rolling across the country and andy gallagher has more. >> reporter: >> reporter: this iser more of a place where you come and

practice your latest tricks. it is for many people also a how was worship. >> god. we're skaters and we love you. >> reporter: the one of after growing number of skate parks skates to young christians. bible classes are not compulsory. >> they have been doing it for 13 years now. it's not -- they will make them come. they can come and they can leave. it's all good. the skate boards have won tournaments across the country. >> you just skate far little bit and you read the bible and talk about jesus and god and then you come back and you skate and you

have a good set of mind and you just skate hard. >> wu pw*u the parents wasn't an easy sell. she was initially weary of bringing her son here. the experience has opinion transformtive. he would have told you two months a go that he's atheist. -p he said i read the book of >> matthew today. >> some use skateboarding to attract a younger audience. those behind it say they are just combining the two passions. al jazeera, fort lauderdale, florida. rebecca stevenson is back with the forecast and coming up at the top of the hour. america tonight with joey chen. real money.

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twhaoeu while the east coast cools down. in fact right tkpo now, denver 84-degrees. that's after you tied your record high of 97.

>> but both coasts are going to stay cool and for different reasons. but first let's talk about how cool it is in the northeast. temperatures dropping in to the 30s in so many spots. it's going to be a bit cooler to start the day. we'll get warmed up again in the afternoon but the frost advisory is going to feel a little chilly to start out in parts of new york, vermont. we have that freeze warning effect in part of northeast new york. a cool morning to start but it's going to start in the midwest. our high temperatures will be running around 94 for omaha. these are 10 to 20 oh degrees above normal. tomorrow, seattle says the cool and very, very wet. a lot of rain coming down in the pacific northwest overnight night after severe storms are going to continue with the heavy showers and kwerpb and concernsh flooding and flooding in idaho as well.